#DC5142#DC5142

#DC5142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.177 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5142
RGB	rgb(220, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 53.46, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 65.40, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.1543 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.177 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4445, 21.4985, 7.5417)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5142 #42CDDC

analogous

#DC4280 #DC5142 #DC9E42

triadic

#DC5142 #42DC51 #5142DC

tetradic

#DC5142 #80DC42 #42CDDC #9E42DC

square

#DC5142 #80DC42 #42CDDC #9E42DC

split-complementary

#DC5142 #42DC9E #4280DC

monochromatic

#8A251A #BE3223 #DC5142 #E68176 #EFB0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DC5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#DC5142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5142

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5142	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.177 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8877',
    500: '#dc5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5142;
$custom-light: #ef8877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.844,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6195,
    "c": 0.17683,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5142

secondary

#9DD7DD

accent

#DBEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5142

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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